Metaphor and Simile
Direct and Indirect Comparisons
Get ready for our lesson
Get out a pencil or pen and a piece of lined paper.
Title your paper Metaphor and Simile. Write your name on the top right corner.
Lesson Goals
Write down the lesson goals.
Identify metaphors and similes in poems.
Write your own 10 metaphors and your own 10 similes.
Accessing Prior Knowledge
Discuss with your partner what a metaphor is.
Write down you and your partner’s definition of metaphor.
Accessing Prior Knowledge
Discuss with your partner what a simile is.
Write down you and your partner’s definition of simile.
Questions
What questions do you still have about metaphors and similes?
Write down or draw sketches of the
metaphors in the following poem.
Child’s Song in Spring
The silver birch is a dainty lady,She wears a satin gown;The elm tree make the old churchyard shady,She will not live in town.
The English oak is a sturdy fellow,He gets his green coat late;The willow is a smart suit of yellow,While brown the beech trees wait.
E. Nesbit
Write down or draw a sketch of the
simile in the following poem.
The Eagle
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring’d with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.
Lord Alfred Tennyson
Creating Metaphors
Item #1 Item # 2
Sun Jewel
Leaf Boat
Clouds Cotton-balls
Creating Metaphors
The sun is a jewel in the sky.
Creating Metaphors
The leaf is a boat racing down the stream.
Creating Metaphors
The clouds are cotton-balls dabbing at the buildings.
Creating Similes
Item #1 Item # 2
Paintbrush Wand
Hair Straw
Rain Tears
Creating Similes
Her paintbrush is like a wand that creates magical pictures.
Creating Similes
His hair is like straw.
Creating Similes
The rain is like tears falling from the weeping sky.
Task
Create 10 metaphors of your own. Include a small sketch of each of your metaphors.
Create 10 similes of your own. Include a small sketch of each of your similes.
Reflection
How are
metaphors and
similes the same?
How are
metaphors and
similes different?
Metaphor Simile